Thursday, November 26, 2009

Diabetes

Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Diabetes and Your Diet?

These 5 questions will test your knowledge about glucose, insulin, and counting carbs

Posted March 19, 2009

True or false?

  1. Prescribed medications alone will always sufficiently control diabetes. Altering your diet is not necessary.

  2. Carbohydrates that you eat get turned into glucose in the body.

  3. Carbohydrate counting is the only dietary method used to help control diabetes.

  4. The bodies of type 1 diabetics still produce some insulin (but it's either not enough or the cells ignore the insulin), while the bodies of type 2 diabetics produce no insulin.
    True
  5. Diabetics must avoid all foods containing carbohydrates.

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